Private's Progress

Upper class toff Stanley Windrush gets called to join the Army half way thru his university education, keen he may be, but he really is a fish out of water. Brought to us from the greatly talented Boulting brothers, this most adored of British comedies drives on the sly digs at the British class system so evident in the Armed forces from yore. Windrush can't cut it as the officer his standing suggests he should be, so he is promptly sent down amongst the working class, where he quickly befriends Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work - and they are both soon working for Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle, behind enemy lines, in a scheme that involves impersonation, counterfeit art treasures, and more.